Mark Abramson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven people have now been indicted in connection with the caught-on-camera assault on two New York City police officers, the Manhattan DA announced Thursday. The assault occurred Jan. 27 near Times Square as officers were trying to take a person into custody. Yohenry […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (DETROIT) — Record warm winter weather is having severe ramifications on the ice cover that typically engulfs the Great Lakes at this time of year. Just 5.9% of the Great Lakes are currently covered with ice compared to an average of about 40% for this time of year, […]
Fresno County Sheriff’s Office (FRESNO, Calif.) — Authorities in California’s Central Valley are asking residents to bee alert for stolen hives, which are a prime target this time of year, after nearly 100 were recently stolen from an open field. Ninety-six beehives valued at nearly $34,000 were stolen late last month, […]
New York Police Department (NEW YORK) — Police continue to search for a violent mugger who met his match in a 91-year-old man he tried to rob on a New York City street. The victim, Hyman Silverglad, was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital Medical Center with multiple injuries last week after […]
WPVI-TV (NEW YORK) — Six family members remain unaccounted for a day after a massive house fire engulfed a Pennsylvania residence where officers responding to an emergency call were met with gunfire, officials said. Authorities presume that three adults and three children who lived in the house were inside during the […]
ABC News (ELLSWORTH, Kan.) — For the first time in decades, prison inmates are eligible for the Pell Grant, a federal financial aid program that helps low-income students receive a college education. Simon Garcia, 34, who graduated college last November from a state prison in Ellsworth, Kansas, is just one of […]
John Hudson Photography/Getty Images (BOSTON) — Two JetBlue planes clipped each other Thursday morning while on a deicing pad at Boston Logan International Airport. The incident occurred when the two planes were on adjacent deicing pad lanes, JetBlue said in a statement. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the left […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 22-year-old woman is missing after she went hiking alone in Southern California during this week’s massive, multiday storm, authorities said. Lifei Huang left for a hike in the Mount Baldy area of the San Gabriel Mountains at about 2 p.m. Sunday, and she was […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are at work on legislation regarding child exploitation using new forms of technology. Representative Ariel Defry is the sponsor of House Bill 148 which proposes to clarify the illegal nature of developing or distributing AI-generated child pornography in Utah. The state wants to […]
(St. George, UT) — A bill focused on managing the Scenic Byways of Utah received a major change. After debating the bill on Monday, the bill has been altered to not give a seat on a new committee to someone in the advertising industry. Those who oppose the bill say […]
